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 Monica Araoz
In order to define my art, I would need to create a name that would fit between Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. Although both of these currents are extremes, they also have similarities. Why can’t my art be in the middle of these?
For me, painting is a very internal and personal experience. I love painting because of the way I feel while I am painting; the process of creation is what captives me and certainly puts me in trance. I make no pretensions of showing my emotions and feelings through my art, but I do not stop these from emerging either.
To create my art, I try to emphasize the greatness of simplicity through a game of confronting fortuitous events with controlled and planned interventions. Both color and texture play a crucial role in doing this.
In my paintings, I use a mixture of sand, clay dust and acrylic mediums that, after applied, creates randomly heavy textures and finishes. I like to contrast this apparent randomness with a shape that evokes exactly the opposite – a planned, precise shape like a square or a rectangle. Then I confront this textured space with smooth surroundings. Looking again for contrast, I like to add an element on the top of this that links all of this together. This can be executed one of three ways: randomly created, planned, or a combination of both of these. Like a free will line dropped from the tube, a line created with texture, or a carved or painted stroke controlled by the artist's hand.
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